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Western Context - News from Alberta, BC, and Canada

Western Context

Removing bias and sensationalism from the news of Alberta, BC, and Canada. Providing the context and information needed to put you on the right side of the news.

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Western Context 371 – The Monstrously Powerful

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2024/05/26

Parks Canada is spending $12M to eradicate deer on a BC island, the Trudeau Liberals want to relax citizenship guidelines, and the BC United and BC Conservatives won’t be making a deal. Also, the CPP has wasted billions of dollars through poor investing.Hosts: Shane and Patrick Duration: 50:26 For detailed show notes visit westerncontext.ca.

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50:25

Western Context 370 – Contract Controversy

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2024/05/19

ArriveCan contractors receive over $1B in federal contracts, Alberta will decentralize AHS at the end of the year, and cyberattacks threaten the BC government’s storage of information. Also, illegal border crossers can be given up to $224 per day. Hosts: Shane and Patrick Duration: 50:25 For detailed show notes visit westerncontext.ca.

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Western Context 369 – Staying Afloat

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2024/05/12

Calgary repeals the single-use plastic ban, the Woodfibre LNG ‘floatel’ is rejected by Squamish council, and immigration is not filling the industries it needs to. Also, the CBC talks about polyamory while Canada’s fertility rate plummets. Hosts: Shane and Patrick Duration: 1:02:02 For detailed show notes visit westerncontext.ca.

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54:43

Western Context 368 – Campus Chaos

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2024/05/05

Another Trudeau cabinet minister has a conflict of interest, the BC NDP wants to recriminalize drugs in public spaces, and the UCP looks to expand train service. Also, anti-Israel encampments spring up at Canadian universities.Hosts: Shane and Patrick Duration: 54:43 For detailed show notes visit westerncontext.ca.

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50:06

Western Context 367 – Third Time’s the Charm

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2024/04/28

Canada’s new disability benefit gets massively underfunded, Alberta will be getting municipal political parties, and a carjacker in Victoria gets caught and released several times. Also, Poilievre visits an anti-carbon tax protest. Hosts: Shane and Patrick Duration: 50:06 For detailed show notes visit westerncontext.ca.

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52:31

Western Context 366 – The Last Resort

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2024/04/21

Trudeau’s 2024 budget features billions in new spending, Champagne tries to lure foreign grocers to Canada, and Alberta keeps its default electricity rate. Also, the federal government halts the deportation of a law-breaking climate activist. Hosts: Shane and Patrick Duration: 52:31 For detailed show notes visit westerncontext.ca.

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51:55

Western Context 365 – Downgrade Diplomacy

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2024/04/14

BC gets another credit downgrade, Alberta battles the federal government over municipal control, and Trudeau’s South-East Asia trip cost $2M. Also, the CSIS director testifies that the Trudeau government did know about foreign interference.Hosts: Shane and Patrick Duration: 51:55 For detailed show notes visit westerncontext.ca.

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55:49

Western Context 364 – Intelligence Blackouts

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2024/04/07

A majority of Canada’s premiers align against Trudeau’s carbon tax, BC sees open drug use in hospitals, and Edmonton’s rolling blackouts show Alberta’s energy vulnerabilities. Also, MP Han Dong’s testimony shows the extent of Chinese foreign interference. Hosts: Shane and Patrick Duration: 55:49 For detailed show notes visit westerncontext.ca.

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Western Context 363 – Buyback Boondoggle

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2024/03/31

Canada refuses to sell LNG to another NATO ally, BC’s Haida Nation will have title over all of Haida Gwaii, and a third of gig workers would consider tax fraud. Also, $42m has been spent on Trudeau’s nonexistent gun buyback.Hosts: Shane and Patrick Duration: 58:17 For detailed show notes visit westerncontext.ca.

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Western Context 362 – Antagonizing Antics

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2024/03/24

The Conservative non confidence motion against Trudeau fails, the Liberals want to move the election date, and the Alberta NDP does not legally exist. Also, the RCMP warns that Canadians may revolt against the government.Hosts: Shane and Patrick Duration: 49:33 For detailed show notes visit westerncontext.ca.

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Weestern Context 361 – Double Dipping

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2024/03/17

Alberta moves to allow municipal political parties, the auditor general fires government employees getting money on the side, and Canada pauses non-lethal exports to Israel. Also, Toronto Police give bad advice to deter car thieves.Hosts: Shane and Patrick Duration: 56:22 For detailed show notes visit westerncontext.ca.

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56:59

Western Context 360 – Safety First

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2024/03/10

BC safe supply drugs are found in the hands of organized crime, we finally put the 2017 UCP leadership allegations to rest, and BC affordable housing is not going to intended buyers. Also, Canada restores its funding to UNRWA. Hosts: Shane and Patrick Duration: 56:59 For detailed show notes visit westerncontext.ca.

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Western Context 359 – Phony Pharmacare

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2024/03/03

The Liberals’ new online harms act includes heavy punishments, Alberta’s 2024 budget contains surprises, and the new pharmacare plan covers very little medications. Also, new documents reveal more on the Winnipeg lab scientist firings.Hosts: Shane and Patrick Duration: 1:03:32 For detailed show notes visit westerncontext.ca.

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Western Context 358 – Guiding Our Future

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2024/02/25

Trudeau and Singh reach a deal on pharmacare, BC’s budget introduces a flipping tax and lots of spending, and Danielle Smith wants to build up the Heritage fund. Also, the BC NDP wants us to stop using the term British Columbians.Hosts: Shane and Patrick Duration: 57:52 For detailed show notes visit westerncontext.ca.

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Western Context 357 – Roads and Radicals

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2024/02/18

Steven Guilbeault says the feds will stop investing in roads, the Alberta government improves the childcare system, and BC suspends the license of a company that drives into highway overpasses. Also, ArriveCan costs even more money than we thought before. Hosts: Shane and Patrick Duration: 52:25 For detailed show notes visit westerncontext.ca.

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Western Context 356 – The Robinson Removal

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2024/02/11

Bell lays off more workers and asks for more money, a recall petition starts for Calgary’s mayor Jyoti Gondek, and Selina Robinson is removed from the BC NDP’s cabinet. Also, suspicious HSBC mortgages are fuelling the real estate crisis. Hosts: Shane and Patrick Duration: 56:32 For detailed show notes visit westerncontext.ca.

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Western Context 355 – Equal But Separate

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2024/02/04

Danielle Smith debuts Alberta’s parental rights policy, the BC NDP quietly makes changes to the Lands Act, and the Trudeau Liberals give $48M to UNRWA. Also, segregation is on the rise in Canadian universities. Hosts: Shane and Patrick Duration: 1:03:07 For detailed show notes visit westerncontext.ca.

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Western Context 354 – Pulp Manifesto

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2024/01/28

A terrorist shoots up Edmonton City Hall, car thefts spike in Canada, and a federal court judge finds the use of the Emergencies Act unjustified. Also, a paper mill closing on Vancouver Island leads to investigation into a Chinese funded forestry giant. Hosts: Shane and Patrick Duration: 1:07:22 For detailed show notes visit westerncontext.ca.

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Western Context 353 – In The Cold

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2024/01/21

Canada’s cold snap raises questions of BC Hydro’s future, Rachel Notley is stepping down as Alberta’s NDP leader, and even Liberal ministers agree that immigration is out of control. Also, an opinion piece questions Poilievre’s commitment to queer issues. Hosts: Shane and Patrick Duration: 1:10:46 For detailed show notes visit westerncontext.ca.

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Western Context 352 – Plays and Parks

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2024/01/14

Trudeau’s Jamaica vacation causes a conflict of interest, Canada’s immigration isn’t helping the job market, and Banff’s pedestrian zone gets nixed by the National Park. Also, a Victoria theatre cancels a play set in Israel after being vandalized. Hosts: Shane and Patrick Duration: 58:11 For detailed show notes visit westerncontext.ca.

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